tick

coche

Signe écrit ✓ indiquant qu’une chose est correcte, approuvée ou terminée.

En anglais simple : A written mark, ✓, showing that something is correct, approved, or completed.

• Put a tick beside your answer.
• The teacher gave each correct sentence a tick.
• Green ticks show which tasks are complete.

Synonymes : check mark, check

Expressions courantes : put a tick, green tick, tick next to

tique

Petit animal qui s’accroche à la peau des humains ou des animaux et se nourrit de leur sang.

En anglais simple : A small animal that attaches to people or animals and feeds on their blood.

• There is a tick on the dog.
• She found two ticks after walking through tall grass.
• A tick bite can spread disease.

Expressions courantes : tick bite, remove a tick, tick on someone

tic-tac

Petit bruit sec et discret, souvent répété par une horloge ou une machine.

En anglais simple : A short, quiet clicking sound, often repeated by a clock or machine.

• I heard the tick of a clock.
• Each tick sounded loud in the empty room.
• The old watch made slow, uneven ticks.

Synonymes : click

Expressions courantes : tick of something, steady tick, loud tick

graduation, pas de cotation

Petite marque sur une échelle de mesure, ou petite unité de variation d’une valeur.

En anglais simple : A small mark on a measuring scale, or a small unit by which a value changes.

• Each tick marks five degrees.
• The price rose by one tick.
• Small ticks divide the chart axis into equal parts.

Expressions courantes : tick mark, one tick higher, tick on something

instant, seconde

Un temps très court.

En anglais simple : A very short time.

• I will be back in a tick.
• Wait a tick while I find my keys.
• It only takes a tick to save the file.

Synonymes : moment, second

Expressions courantes : in a tick, just a tick, wait a tick

faire tic-tac

Produire une suite de petits bruits secs et discrets, comme une horloge.

En anglais simple : To make a series of short, quiet clicking sounds, like a clock.

• The clock ticks loudly.
• My watch stopped ticking last night.
• A small clock ticked steadily beside her bed.

Synonymes : click

Expressions courantes : clock can tick, tick quietly, tick away

fonctionner

Fonctionner, surtout lorsqu’on parle de ce qui se passe à l’intérieur de quelque chose.

En anglais simple : To work or function, especially when talking about how something works inside.

• He wanted to know how machines tick.
• Curiosity is what makes her tick.
• Studying the engine helped us understand what made it tick.

Comment l'utiliser : what makes someone/something tick (I want to understand what makes this team tick.)

Synonymes : function, work, operate

Expressions courantes : what makes something tick, how things tick, what makes someone tick